New Camp Bay hearing set for Oct. 25
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
It’s been out of the public eye for months, but the battle over public access to Lake Pend Oreille at Camp Bay is not over. …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
It’s been out of the public eye for months, but the battle over public access to Lake Pend Oreille at Camp Bay is not over. …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
Idaho is lucky to have environmental experts looking out for public health when it comes to land use decisions that impact water quality. These experts …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
A minor land division applied for by the Bonner County planning director saw major modification on Sept. 21, with county commissioners approving a change from …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Members of the public have the chance to have their voices heard regarding the suggested “Goals, Objectives and Policies” of Bonner County’s updated Comprehensive Plan …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The ongoing battle over 50 feet of Lake Pend Oreille shoreline at the end of Camp Bay Road on the Sagle peninsula has gained the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The board of Bonner County commissioners unanimously denied an application to vacate a 2,550-foot section of Camp Bay Road before a packed audience Feb. 16, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners will hear an appeal Thursday, Dec. 9 regarding two short plat applications in the Whiskey Jack area of Kootenai, where developer Tricore …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
When it comes to bureaucratic battles, little else inspires the masses to assemble quite like a land use issue.
One slated to come before the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Results are now available from a survey of Bonner County residents regarding their concerns for the future.
Project 7B Chair Daniel Shlaferman gave each Bonner …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
Graduate students from the University of Utah’s College of Architecture and Planning will be gathering information via public “listening sessions” and surveys throughout Bonner County …
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